First liver transplant performed in Oman

A liver transplant was successfully performed for the first time in the Sultanate by the Royal Hospital on an Omani with a cancerous liver tumour. The procedure was conducted by a team by Prof Mohamed Rela, one of the world’s top liver transplant surgeons, with assistance from the Royal Hospital medical and nursing staff. A delicate procedure, the transplant involves extracting 60-65 per cent of the donor’s liver.

Later, the patient’s liver is fully extracted and the donor’s liver is connected to patient’s blood vessels and cystic duct.

Prof Rela said they have transplanted a living donor’s liver on the woman — her young son donated half of his liver. The procedure was carried out with a combination of surgeons as well as doctors, anaesthetists and intensivists. It went off successfully.
Both the recipient and the donor are doing extremely well.
Living donor liver transplantation involved two phases: pre-operation and liver transplantation operation.

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